[squid-users] Re: Web-based configurator???

squidie wrote:

> Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
>> l�r 2007-01-13 klockan 16:29 +0200 skrev squidie:
>>
>>> I wonder if there is any solution to configure squid via a web-based
>>> interface? I know about Webmin. What else???
>>
>> There probably isn't very much else worth mentioning.
>>
>>> I don't want to install Webmin (complex application for managing *nix
>>> configuration). I just want to install squid and run it (even without
>>> `squid -z` command - squid can create cache dirs if there are none - it
>>> should be so I think). After I ran it I may go to http://localhost:3128/
>>> and configure it via a web-based configurator included in squid.
>>> Did anybody think about that???
>>
>> Think yes, spent time on implementing no.
>>
>> Whats wrong with using webmin with only the Squid module enabled?
>
> I like all-in-one soft - I don't like installing ten applications (and
> probably getting some troubles with them) when I can install one
> self-sufficient. So you say nobody was trying to implement it?

The problem with that is it tends to make things work *worse* and much more
difficult to debug than if you used 10 or 12 smaller programs that do one
thing and one thing well, stringing them together with pipes and whatnot to
achieve your goal than the opposite approach of one program that does 10 or
12 things really poorly.
Received on Sat Jan 13 2007 - 15:40:41 MST